1: Michael Heseltine: From Thatcher to Sunak
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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The Tory Party - Is There a Future for the Tories?
I find it very interesting how things get blurred often. The parliament that he entered in 1966 wasn't just different because it had a few men who'd fought in the war. I mean, it was only just over 20 years since MPs have been paid for the first time. So many of those MPs will have entered 20s and 30s as men with enormous private incomes coming in to do this as a hobby. And yet within his memory, the 60s seem as though it's just a sort of continuation of the world today. Whereas my guess is if I walked into that parliament, I'd be completely astonished Totally.
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